I am in the process of exploring the mystery on the net. I enjoy reading and writing mysteries. I am knew at this hobby. Do you have any sights I should visit? I enjoy poisoning my victims in my writings. I would like somemore information on Hemlock. Are there any writers guilds near Rockford, IL? Thank you in advance.

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To Derek Johnson in Austin -- I don't know of any mystery clubs in Austin, but I would suggest you might get a thrill, as well as information about local clubs, by visiting the University of Texas in Austin, where replicas of the studios of several famous writers are set up. The most famous of these is that of Erle Stanley Gardner,creator of Perry Mason and the greatest of American mystery writers. This replica studio uses the actual furnishings of Gardner's cabin on his ranch in the town of Temecula, CA. By arrangement with Gardner, these furnishings were donated to the University of Texas, and were removed to Austin following Gardner's death in 1970. You should be able to pick up leads about Austin-area mystery clubs there.

You, and others, might like to check out the website of a brand-new mystery club specifically devoted to Gardner, called "Uncle Erle's Mystery Club." It's so new it isn't listed in the major directories yet, although it has been submitted to them. (They take two or three weeks to process submissions.)You can visit it directly at its website: http://users.vmicro.com/erlesclub.

Does this sound familiar? 1. It was the name of the band in the movie "Airheads' 2. It is the name of the group of conspiracy buffs on the television show 'X-FILES" 3.The name of my mystery orginazation.

Peter--I haven't found web-mystery-Portugal stuff all tied together, but if you'll settle for a Portuguese-speaking country, you might be interested in the Agatha Christie site in Brazil. Also, if you'll settle for the Iberian penninsula, I've seen (somewhere) evidence of a site in Spain that must surely refer to mysteries in Spain.